Jay Leno - who clearly has a ridiculous amount of money (or at least influence) to throw away on such things - helped design a firebreathing jet car that runs on ... wait for it ... cooking oil.
The biodiesel-powered "Eco-Jet" was slapped together by NoHo-based GM Advanced Design Studio after Leno brainstormed the idea with his lead mechanic Bernard Juchli and then paper-napkined a sketch together with Ed Welburn, GM's VP of global design.
They wrapped a 650-horsepower turbojet engine and Corvette Z-06 tranny in an aluminum and magnesium frame, skinned it with badass Kevlar and carbon fiber, and rolled it out yesterday at the SEMA car-customizing show in Vegas ...
The sour grapes in me wonders about Leno's jet fuel consumption and wants to point out that while biodiesel is a renewable fuel (Leno originally wanted a hydrogen fue-cell mill), this monster will probably put out its fair share of pollutants.
The car geek in me wonders where I put that notebook with all the standup routines I need to start polishing.
